[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 130 (Tuesday, July 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40664-40665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-17171]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-03-89]


Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; Proposed Data 
Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports 
Clearance Officer at (404) 498-1210.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology. Send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.
    Proposed Project: Support for State Oral Disease Prevention Program 
Infrastructure Development Evaluation Reporting--New--National Center 
for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    In 2000, the Surgeon General published the first ever report on 
oral health in America to alert Americans to the full meaning of oral 
health and its importance to general health and well-being. Included in 
the framework for action was the charge to build an effective oral 
health infrastructure that meets the oral health needs of all Americans 
and integrates oral health effectively into overall health planning. In 
response, the CDC will award funds for cooperative agreements to an 
estimated total of 13 demonstration sites in two phases, for the 
planning and implementation of oral health capacity infrastructure 
building and demonstration delivery programs. Building infrastructure 
enables the demonstration states to develop the capacity to achieve 
Healthy People 2010 objectives and reach many more Americans than a 
single local program could reach and to potentially sustain health 
gains beyond the funding cycle.
    Infrastructure development encompasses many activities, each of 
which can be accomplished in a myriad of methods by the grantees. To 
summarize and track vital development information across grantee sites, 
a uniform reporting system must be established for the demonstration 
sites. Obtaining uniform data will allow the construction of summary 
reports to assist future sites and not-yet-funded oral health 
infrastructure development programs.
    Evaluation tracking reporting for this project would describe the 
implementation of each site's infrastructure model in relation to 
environmental context and state characteristics. The results would 
provide evidence for the essential

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implementation strategies for effective infrastructure development as 
defined by the consensus-based Association of State and Territorial 
Dental Directors (ASTDD) model. The results would be used to structure 
flexible guidelines for infrastructure development and identify high-
priority activities enabling additional sites to efficiently plan and 
implement cost-effective oral health improvement activities. 
Additionally, this project will assist in the development of objectives 
and indicators of sustainability--the ability of these demonstration 
programs to meet the needs of their constituents beyond the seed-
funding period.
    The objectives of the uniform evaluation tracking reporting system 
are to:
    1. Evaluate infrastructure development activity characteristics 
among the funded sites.
    2. Synthesize progress and promote cross-collaboration among 
grantees.
    3. Make progress indicators available to nonfunded sites.
    4. Promote positive infrastructure growth among funded and 
nonfunded sites.
    The above objectives will be attained through a family of uniform 
evaluation reporting documents designed to evaluate demographic, 
extent, and culture climate of infrastructure development activities. 
One respondent from each site will be required to submit the activity-
tracking document annually. Participation is mandatory for funded 
sites. Nonfunded sites actively involved in infrastructure development 
are welcome to submit tracking information to further provide 
information for all sites. Participation is not mandatory for nonfunded 
sites.

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                                                 Number of        Number of     Avg. burden per    Total annual
                 Respondents                  respondents per   responses per     response (in      burden (in
                                                    year          respondent         hrs.)            hrs.)
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Demonstration site grantees.................              13                1            45/60             9.75
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    Dated: July 1, 2003.
Thomas A. Bartenfeld,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-17171 Filed 7-7-03; 8:45 am]
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